Economics

The chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee finds the Donmar’s new musical Committee a fair and compelling portrayal of the hearing on the collapse of Kids Company 

Commission urges focus on investment away from London and the South East, but warns of “dilution” of know-how witnessed by civil service departments

Jem Eskenazi leaves European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to join UK’s official export credit agency 

Civil service mainstay Prospect warns new work and pensions secretary not to raise retirement bar

Civil service union says new government must address ‘uncompetitive’ wages in Whitehall

Pan-Whitehall campaign seeks 70 new analysts, with Defra earmarked for biggest intake

MPs and centre users back call to save one of 78 threatened offices

New UK Statistics Authority chair pledges to push for raised status and seniority for profession

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election

Party also pledges to increase income tax to pay for NHS cash boost

Conservationists voice fears over proposals to remodel listed city office block

IFS analysis finds both Labour and Conservative plans would lead to increase in proportion of public sector workers paid national minimum wage

The Institute for Government says budget projections must not provide “cover for misleading intentions”

New combined authority chiefs could improve services and boost local economies if offered new menu of powers, says think tank

Local Government Association asks all parties to commit to further devo rollout in their election manifestos

Shift in responsibility during staff reshuffle creates questions over civil service reform, says IfG

MPs question need for tax collection agency’s shift to city centre bases amid digital services drive

Review suggests priorities and spending decisions should be “more explicitly informed” by the return they provide on investment

Commons Procedure Committee demands beefed-up model for examining government's Main Supply Estimates

Government Legal Department director targets multi-million pound efficiencies

Public Accounts Committee report on outsourced tax credits debacle says agency lacked the commercial capacity for the payment-by-results deal

Public Accounts Committee calls for forensic audit of spending at UK Trade & Investment after concluding contractor took advantage of arm’s-length body

Newport campus part of £17m investment in new technology and data sources

Centralised purchasing body still needs to develop full business case, according to committee